Game

Twisted Metal: Black

2001 · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 2 · Shooter · Racing

86IGDB player score
45 ratings

Previously Take

Quietly sitting at an 86 average. The algorithm never did this one any favors. Horror that commits — science fiction atmosphere, real dread, and scares that aren't cheap. A full single-player game with a multiplayer side that refuses to die. A 2001 original that still holds up — they don't make them like this anymore, literally.

About this game

Twisted Metal: Black is a vehicle combat video game developed by Incognito Entertainment (formerly Incog Inc.) and published by Sony Computer Entertainment America for the PlayStation 2 video game console. It is the fifth installment to the Twisted Metal series and was released June 18, 2001. An online enabled multiplayer-only variant, Twisted Metal: Black Online, was released later as a free update.

Black is on a mission for another person to locate and murder Calypso. However the person who sent him has never before been seen and it is never revealed why exactly he is carrying out this mission. According to the original Twisted Metal created in the year 1995, in TM:B the entire storyline is darker, and is referred to as an "alternate universe," in comparison to the other Twisted Metal games. As stated, it is because it is all in Needles Kane's head. But there is even more to TM:B. Black, the driver of Manslaughter, made an appearance in TM(1995), Darkside's driver Mr. Ash's "lost" ending. In that ending he wants his demon "black" back, which makes one believe Mr. Ash is Satan. When he gets Black back, Calypso gets very upset. This is because Black is sent on a mission to kill a darker, more evil Calypso in the "Black" universe.